...has left few of th« same breed behind him.' It was, however, a favourite maxim of Nelson's own, ' that * there are as good fish in the sea as ever came out of it;' and this he applied — as we ourselves do — to every case, great or small — which can arise in this...

...simply evaded the subject, and talked of " nescio quid nugarum," and made absnrd, proverbial remarks, " that there are as good fish in the sea as ever came out of it"; and that it didn't seem to affect his appetite much, nor spoil his shooting. But I knew, for all that,...

...leave your pretty Countess to take care of herself. These are no times for Quixotic expeditions, and there are as good fish in the sea as ever came out of it." " No, I shall remain ; and I am happy to have obtained from you the information I desired. Can I by...

...theme and the mode of its treatment. Many fine themes have unfortunately been already appropriated, but there are as good fish in the sea as ever came out of it, and even an old theme, when furbished up and treated in a bright, crisp and thoroughly up-to-date style,...

...I o'ermastered my feelings ; I did not lack pride, and I bit my lips to enforce the old saying — that " there are as good fish in the sea as ever came out o't." All went on well ; nothing was talked of but Margaret and the gentleman with the fortune, and...

...adage she did not repeat, though I swear I thought once she was going to do so, viz., ' There's as good fish in the sea as ever came out of it !' and — ah, Fanny !" said he, as the affectation of this flippancy became too much for him, " I'ma villain...

...old adage she did not repeat, though I swear I thought once she was going to do so, viz., 'There's as good fish in the sea as ever came out of it !' and — ah, Fanny !" said he, as the affectation of this flippancy became too much for him, " I'ma villain...

...never do, Mr. Melville, to let all the pretty girls be engaged, though to be sure they say there's as good fish in the sea as ever came out of it ; and any young lady, I dare say—" Melville was now thankful to observe that they must part company, and...

...while it may be worth repeating for the wholesome truth which it embodies. There is an old saw, or say, that " there are as good fish in the sea as ever came out of it ;" which you may have heard quoted to a young man who was in haste to make, and make sure, his choice,...

...as quickly as I could. As for her being an excellent servant too, why of course I knew there was as good fish in the sea as ever came out of it ; and besides, Norah Connor really appeared to me to have been brought up at Billingsgate. But in a short...